• Amy Erica Smith co-authors article in the Journal of Democracy

    Amy Erica Smith, a Liberal Arts and Sciences’ dean’s professor and associate professor of political science, has co-authored an article for the Journal of Democracy. The article is titled, “Latin America Erupts: When Does Competitive Authoritarianism Take Root?” The Journal of Democracy is the world’s leading publication…

  • Amy Erica Smith quoted in New York Times article

    Amy Erica Smith, an associate professor in the Department of Political Science, was quoted in a November 16 New York Times article, “As Brazil’s Covid Crisis Eases, Bolsonaro Sees Rising Popularity.”…

  • Smith publishes Building a Sustainable Future in Brazil

    Brazil, like the Amazon Rainforest, stands at an inflection point. It is increasingly clear that Brazil’s future lies not in the deforestation of its past, but in summoning the political and societal will to build a twenty-first century economy that prioritizes human capital and sustainable, low-carbon growth. History shows that…

  • Amy Erica Smith coauthors paper in International Political Science Review

    Amy Erica Smith, assistant professor of political science, has coauthored a paper with former graduate student Ahlam al Subhi (political science, M.A. ’16), just published in the International Political Science Review. Ahlam conducted the first electoral study ever in Oman. The paper, titled “Electing Women to New Arab Assemblies:…